Team USA Announces Roster for U18 Men’s World Championship

The U.S. begins preliminary-round play tomorrow (April 23) against Czechia

FRISCO, Texas – USA Hockey announced today its 25-player roster for the 2025 U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team that will compete at the 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship from April 23 – May 3 in Frisco and Allen, Texas. Tickets for the tournament can be purchased online here.

Minnesotans Mikey Berchild (Minnetonka), Jacob Kvasnicka (Plymouth), Garrett Lindberg (Moorhead), Maceo Phillips (Wayzata), and Cullen Potter (Minneapolis) were all named to the team. Lindberg was named an alternate captain.

Berchild is a product of Shattuck-St. Mary’s and last season played between Team USA’s U17 and U18 squads. In U17 he played 30 games and had 19 goals and 10 assists for 29 points. At the U18 level he played in 26 games and had nine goals and seven assists. He also plays for the UNTDP Juniors team where he had 14 goals and seven assists in 34 games. In the U-17 World Championships he scored three goals and added an assist in three games. His totals for the 2024-25 season are 93GP-43G-29A-72PTS. Berchild is committed to the University of Denver.

Kvasnicka came up through Wayzata’s youth program and played one season of varsity hockey where he notched 45 points (11G, 34A) in 28 games in 2022-23. He then joined the NTDP. Last season he played for the U.S. National U-18 squad where he scored 14 goals and had 18 assists in 57 games. He also played in the USHL for the USNTDP squad and recorded five goals and nine assists in 25 games. He is committed to the University of Minnesota.

Lindberg, a defenseman,  played one season with Moorhead high School in 2022-23 scoring 19 points in 30 games, and then joined the U.S. National U17 team the following season. Last season he played for the U18 squad and the USNTDP Juniors squad, logging 75 games and recording two goals and eight assists. Lindberg is committed to the University of North Dakota.

Phillips, a 6’6″ defenseman, played for Benilde-St. Margaret’s in 2022-23 before joining the U.S. National U-17 squad. This past season he played U18 and UNSDTP Juniors, playing in 78 games and notching four goals and five assists. He is committed to the University of Minnesota.

Potter is a forward listed to be from Minneapolis who played his freshmen season at Arizona State University this past season after a year for the U17 National Team. This past season he played in 35 games and had 13 goals and nine assists for the Sun Devils. For the U17 squad in 2023-24 he had 46 points in 54 games. Potter is the son of former Team USA star Jenny Potter.

To view the full roster, click here.

The tournament features 10 countries split into two groups for the preliminary round, which begins here tomorrow (April 23). Team USA will compete in Group B alongside Czechia, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, with all games played at Comerica Center in Frisco. Group A includes Canada, Finland, Latvia, Norway and Slovakia, and will play its preliminary round games at Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen. Each site will host two quarterfinal games, while the two semifinal games and bronze and gold medal-games will be played in Frisco.

Team USA is led by Greg Moore (Lisbon, Maine), who is a first-time head coach for the U.S. at the IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship. Asher Barnett (Wilmette, Ill.) is the captain of the United States, while Garrett Lindberg (Moorhead, Minn.), Richard Gallant (Concord, Mass.) and Drew Schock IV (Green Bay, Wis.) will serve as alternate captains.

The team is comprised of 14 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders and hail from 12 different states as Minnesota leads the way with five players. Ten separate colleges are represented as 23 players are either committed or have played college hockey. The University of Michigan has the most with four, the same number of NCAA conferences represented. A total of 19 players participated in the 2025 Chipotle All-American Game and 22 are draft eligible for the 2025 NHL Draft. Of the 25 players rostered, 24 have skated for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program.

The U.S. is in search of its 12th gold medal in tournament history after winning gold in 2023 in Basel, Switzerland. The team’s 11 gold medals are the most of any competing team in tournament history.

Team USA begins preliminary round play tomorrow (April 23) against Czechia at 8:00 p.m. ET. All U.S. games throughout the tournament will be broadcast live on NHL Network.

NOTES: Chad Kolarik (Abington, Pa.), Ryan Hayes (Syracuse, N.Y.), David Lassonde(Durham, N.H.), Tommy Cogan (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Mike Garman (Vail, Colo.) are serving as assistants to head coach Greg Moore… For complete tournament news, including full schedule, broadcast information, stats and standings, click here … Team USA news, including tournament interviews and highlights, can be found at TeamUSA.USAHockey.com … Follow @USAHockey on X for the latest information and updates throughout the tournament.